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Karola Kreitmair, PhD, Associate Professor of Medical History and Bioethics, Co-Director of Path of Distinction in Bioethics (PoD-B), and Vice-Chair Hospital Ethics Committee has received the 2024 Japanese Association of Bioethics – American Society for Bioethics and Humanities (JAB-ASBH) Fellowship Award. For more information on the award: https://ja-bioethics.jp/en/fellowship/reports/7468/

Pablo F. Gómez, MD, PhD, associate professor of medical history and bioethics and associate professor of history in the College of Letters has been featured in Science Magazine’s Ten Must Read Science Histories. According to Science Magazine, ten book prize winners were “asked to choose the books they would recommend to Science readers. Their list …

Mark your calendars for the 2024 Bioethics Symposium on Thursday, April 11 from 1-5 p.m. in Health Sciences Learning Center Room 1306: Artificial intelligence has taken the world by storm — including the world of health care — and this year’s topic of “AI, Ethics, and Health Care” will examine artificial intelligence-related concerns in these …

Pablo F. Gómez, MD, PhD, associate professor of medical history and bioethics and associate professor of history in the College of Letters and Science has won a highly competitive collaborative research grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. This $176,677 award is for his co-authored project titled “Value, Self-Worth, and the Market in the …

Ronald L. Numbers, PhD, professor of medical history and bioethics and history, died on July 24, 2023, at 81. A world-renowned scholar of the history of science and medicine, Numbers was regarded as a thoughtful colleague and mentor who approached all with his characteristic good cheer. One of the most distinguished minds in his field, …

Dr. Keller is a renowned scholar and teacher of the intersections of history, society, medicine, and public health, with a particular focus on the historical and societal dimensions of climate change, natural disasters, widespread disease, and colonialism.  Among other works, he has written the acclaimed books “Fatal Isolation: The Devastating Paris Heat Wave of 2003” …

Susan Lederer, PhD, has received a 2023-2024 WARF Named Professorship. WARF Named Professorships honor faculty who have made major contributions to the advancement of knowledge through their research endeavors, teaching, and service activities. Congratulations, Susan!

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Karola V. Kreitmair, PhD, has received the Marie S. Curie COFUND FRIAS Fellowship for 2022-23.   The Marie S. Curie FCFP addresses excellent researchers from all discipline, including the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, medicine, and engineering.  Under the Marie S. Currie FCFP, incoming fellows are placed within the strongest and most competitive research areas of …